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INTERNSHIP - Helping HANDS Program
ORGANIZATION: Volunteer Polk
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5 people are interested
The Helping HANDS program is offering an internship with their program that includes administrative duties, shadowing of staff, and exposure to individuals with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. This internship is for the length of one semester. If completing this internship for academic credit, all required documents must be provided prior to your first scheduled day.
Interns will help to prepare agendas, minutes, reports, and presentations. Additionally, interns will attend Forensic Intensive Case Management staff meetings and Helping HANDS staff meetings and become familiar with the Polk County Sequential Intercept Map (SIM). Interns may shadow staff on visits to the jail or ride-along with Community Paramedic and/or Peer Specialists. This individual should be prepared to encounter individuals with mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
Helping HANDS is a jail transition program that focuses on healthcare access, navigation, delivery and support for Polk County inmates returning to the community from jail. The program focuses on inmates who have had two or more arrests in the past 12 months and are receiving psychotropic medications while in jail. Referrals to the program come from the jail or community partners. Participation is voluntary, not court ordered.
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About Volunteer Polk
Location:
1290 Golfview Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830, US
Mission Statement
To mobilize volunteers and resources to improve the quality of life for people throughout Polk County.
Description
Volunteer Polk partners with community non-profit and faith-based organizations giving you access to more community involvement opportunities in areas of Food Insecurity, Health and Medicine, Homelessness and Housing, Advocacy and Empowerment, Economic Development, Environmental Preservation and Education, Public Safety, Cultural Arts, and more! Check them out below!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2135 Marshall Edwards DriveBartow, FL 33830
DATE POSTED
October 7, 2024
SKILLS
- Advocacy
- Conflict Resolution
- Mediation
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- Level II Background Screen National Sex Offender Registry Screen Polk BoCC Volunteer History Screen